Recent Release Review: Safflower by V.L. Locey

18 October of 2020 by ButtonsMom2003

Safflower By V.L. Locey

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: October 8, 2020

Publisher: Self-Published

Series: Tales of Bryant, Book 5

Length: 45,000 words approx.

Cover Design: Meredith Russell

Synopsis

Two men are about to discover that dreams really do come true if you have love as your main ingredient.

People say Luis Duton has been incredibly lucky. Luis says that as well, but something’s been missing from his life. Even though he holds a glamorous position as cook/housekeeper/confidant for famed movie producer Caiden Dell, he dreams of attending culinary school. When he finally works up the courage to apply to one of the most prestigious institutes in all of Manhattan, he’s shocked when his application is approved. Overjoyed at first, he soon discovers that the heat is on big time as he battles with his insecurities along with one of his instructors.

With his dream about to go up in smoke, he goes to see a Broadway play to lose himself for a few hours. There he buys a box of candy from another young man with a dream: Fraser Wayne. Fraser’s passion is the theater, but his goal seems as far away as Luis’ at the moment. Drawn to the man’s devotion to his ambitions as well as the beauty of his smile, Luis soon finds himself caught up in a love affair ten times hotter than any kitchen.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

I’m sorry to see this series end.

Tales of Bryant has been a great series to read. I’m sorry that Safflower is the last book but all good things must come to an end (or so it’s been said) and this story was a good place to stop.

Safflower was a fairly quick story to read and I couldn’t put it down. We’ve met Luis before as he’s the indispensable “guy-Friday” for Devon and Caiden who we met in Fade In, book 3 in the series. I was so happy to find out that he was getting his own HEA.

As a minority, gay immigrant, Luis has faced a lot of challenges but he didn’t really expect to have so many problems in culinary school – both from the teacher and from a student who bullies him. He decides to catch a play one afternoon to try and forget his troubles. There he meets a cute guy selling candy and they have an instant attraction to each other.

After Luis and Fraser meet, this book gets HOT fast! Their relationship ends up being more than either of them expected and I loved following their path to their HEA. For a long novella/short novel, V.L. Locey sure packs a lot into this story and I enjoyed every minute of reading it.

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O Factor: Scorcher

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About Author

V.L. Locey

USA Today Bestselling Author V.L. Locey – Penning LGBT hockey romance that skates into sinful pleasures.

V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, Torchwood and Dr. Who, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, a pair of geese, far too many chickens, and two steers.

When not writing spicy romances, she enjoys spending her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in one hand and a steamy romance novel in the other.

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